Working People Gathering

Date:            Every first Saturday of each month normally (subject to confirmation)

Time:            5:30pm

Venue:          Church of St. John Evangelists in Kingston Park

Aim:             To provide working people in the fellowship and their spouse with an opportunity and environment to learn and support each other as Christians in work (including at home as housewife)

Material:        God’s Payroll - Whose work is it anyway? - By Neil Hood.

For any further details, please approach Pastor Desmond or email to us: working@nccf.org.uk

TOPICS OF THE COMING MEETINGS

1.       The Importance of Your Work in God’s Eyes

·          What’s so special about my work?

·          Is God in my attitudes to work?

·          The attitudes at work that God wants

2.       Making Sense of the World of Work

·          What paradoxes do we find in work?

·          What’s happening to work?

·          Is there a way of making sense of work?

·          Making sense while being still

3.       Dangers – Christians at Work

·          What dangers?

·          Applying new age thinking to our work

·          Failing to be a witness at work

·          Making a god out of a career

·          A matter of relationships

4.       Conflict and the World of Work

·          Christians, work and the world

·          Conflict – with our colleagues

·          Conflict – with our owner

5.       Discipleship at Work

·          Fresh thinking about my work

·          What are the people I work with learning about Christ from me?

·          … and how do they learn?

·          What difference has Jesus made so far in my work?

6.       Working at the Moral Edge

·          Why think of a moral edge?

·          What should a Christian focus on?

·          Everyday moral choices at work

·          What does divine power in action look like?

7.       Living through a Work Crisis

·          Working for God – but feeling excluded

·          What do I do when the world of work bypasses me?

·          Learning from Elijah’s crisis

8.       Working in line with God’s Plan

·          Do I understand my call and its consequences?

·          Do I create and take my opportunities?

·          How much progress am I making?

·          Asking questions, getting God’s answers

9.       Weighing My Work in the Balance

·          Whose work is it anyway? Conclusion

·          Whose scales am I using?

·          Setting the course for the way ahead

·          A final word

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